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The European harmonium developed in the 18th century, inspired by the Chinese sheng, a gourd mouth organ. [3] Various types of European harmoniums and reed-organs arrived in India in the 19th century, some were brought by missionaries. [2] [1] The Indian harmonium is derived from reed organ designs developed in France.
The Harmonium replaced the Sarangi in the early 20th century and went through tough times as it first was banned as accompanying instrument by All India Radio (A.I.R). Hindustani classical music exponents such as Walawalkar (and many others) established the Harmonium as solo instrument in Indian Classical music. [3] [10]
Vidyadhar Oke (born 1952) is an Indian doctor, musicologist, harmonium player, and astrology consultant, who has done research in the use of shrutis in Indian classical music and created a unique [1] 22-shruti version of the harmonium.
A hand-pumped Indian harmonium, of the type used in South Asia, here used at a European jazz festival.. The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ using free-reeds that generates sound as air flows past the free-reeds, the vibrating pieces of thin metal in a frame.
Background information; Born 18 November 1934: Origin: India: Died: 29 September 2018 (aged 83) Genres: Indian classical Hindustani Classical Music: Occupation(s) Harmonium player, Reed Organ player, composer: Instrument(s) Harmonium, Reed Organ: Years active: 1945–2018
Passionate about the study and development of the Harmonium, Sudhir curated an exhibition of antique Harmoniums from his personal vintage collection, along with providing information about the history and the status of the Harmonium, in the International Music Festival 'Baajaa Gaajaa- 2009", which was appreciated by many reputed personalities ...
Thatte was born in a family of music lovers, father and elder brother being harmonium players, he started playing Harmonium at the age of six. He is a self-taught harmonium player; but also learned tabla under G. L. Samant and vocal music initially at Bharat Gayan Samaj, Pune and then under Suhas Datar and Sudhir Datar, Pune and has been a ...
[3] [4] He has taken harmonium from accompanied instrument to solo, with different experiments with it. [5] [6] He has been trying to popularise folk music and providing platform for the neglected forms of music too. [7] work and career events [8] He edited a book to pay tribute to his Guru Appasaheb Jalgonkar, named Sursakha, which was ...